i will be eager and introspective and mysterious.
i will cherish everything with a pulse.
i will drink to the destruction of empire.
i will not harden. i will not soften. i will not liquefy.
i will disown myself for no one.
i will not smile on anyone's command.
i will forgive my father.
i will be good to my mother.
i will be good to myself.
i will remember everything that happens to the earth.
i will remember everyone/everything/everyplace i have ever loved.
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no woman's land
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